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❀ Susan
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Feb 04, 2018 06:32AM
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Horray for my ultimate girl-crush Carol Off!!! So happy for her. I have a signed copy from when I met her (and babbled on in ridiculous “I’m in love with you” fashion) and hope to get to it this year too! And what a great freaking prize you posted in your next post, Susan! Could we come up with any to date that could win if they were eligible? Would The Couple Next Door fit the criteria? I don’t read a ton of thrillers.... but it may, I can’t remember. Are there others?
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Some good and bad news about the Nobel The bad news is the 2018 Nobel
The good news is that allegations of sexual misconduct, financial malpractice and repeated leaks are being taken seriously.
See Guardian article below for details:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/201...
Edited to remove the word Peace. Louise's question highlighted the need to correct my posting error.
Mj wrote: "The bad news is the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize for Literature,.."Aren't the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the Nobel Peace Prize, two completely different prizes??
@ Louise - good question. Thanks for pointing out that I'd caused some confusion by using the word Peace in my posting. (I have since edited my post and removed the word Peace.)Overall, the Nobel Prizes awarded are rather confusing because of the different way the prizes in various categories are sometimes described.
The Literature prize is usually described as The Nobel Prize for Literature whereas the Peace prize is often described as The Nobel Peace Prize rather than The Nobel Prize for Peace.
The Nobel Prize itself however is awarded in 6 different categories (not just Peace). It is awarded for Literature, Peace, Medicine (or Physiology), Chemistry, Physics and Economics (a later addition that was not a part of Alfred Nobel's will).
I do think that each prize has its own set of judges however - people who have expertise in the category of each specific prize category.
Maia Caron is interviewed about her book Song of Batoche by Shelagh Rogers on the latest episode of The Next Chapter:http://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/the-ne...
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@ ❀ Susan - I see in the "official" 2018 Municipal Electoral Results that you were 1 of 4 trustees elected to the Grand Erie District School Board. Congratulations for your willingness to stand for office....and also for your success!!!
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Congratulations Susan! What a great asset you'll be to the board and for the students.
That is awesome Susan. You will do a GREAT job!!
Cngratulations Susan! That is so exciting!
Best wishes Susan, I've sat on parent council for years and appreciate all the work trustees do!
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Congratulations, Susan!! This is great news. I'm so happy for you.
Congratulations Susan! That is wonderful!
I love it when smart people run for office. I wish more of them would step up. Congrats, Susan.
I'm stoked that Darrel J. McLeod won the GG's medal for Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age. He deserves it, even if for no other reason than that he survived his childhood -- and for his brutal honesty about his experiences. I had lunch with him once, and found him to be a very charming and intelligent guy.
❀ Susan wrote: "check out this new book prize: http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/w..."This is brilliant.
I thought so too Shelagh, looking forward to seeing who wins!
Wow...that's long overdue. Let's have a similar prize for tv and movies too.
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https://www.cbc.ca/books/jael-richard...
Breakout Novelist Tommy Orange Wins $25,000 PEN/Hemingway Award for There There in addition to numerous other awards for his novel.A number of members and other authors have raved about this Debut Novel and it looks like the judges agreed.
https://pen.org/press-release/tommy-o...
Mj wrote: "Breakout Novelist Tommy Orange Wins $25,000 PEN/Hemingway Award for There There in addition to numerous other awards for his novel.."It was one of my best reads of 2018
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This government has its’ priorities confused with all the cuts to libraries, education and health yet supports a buck a beer and tailgate parties.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windso...
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I don't have any titles to offer but thank you for doing this, Susan.
You've chosen three very good titles. I can't think of any other titles at the moment.
Hi fellow Canadians. I am having a launch event for my book ‘Wonderings of a Seeker,’ a collection of short stories inspired by my life experience, finding peace and healing amidst life’s challenges. The event is in Montreal this Saturday June 29. It will be at Atwater Library - Auditorium room from 5-8 pm. www.awakhiwe.com
A short article in this week's New Yorker:"Will American Readers Ever Catch on to Marie-Claire Blais?
The French-Canadian novelist—who has lived in Florida for decades—has been writing brilliant, original fiction for more than half a century."
https://www.newyorker.com/books/under...
Available for a limited time, BBC Radio 4 has a full-cast abridged reading of Margaret Atwood’s new novel, The Testaments.https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000...
Wow, that’s very cool @Susan.
Thank you, Susan. I found that very interesting.
The latest list from the BBC: 100 Novels That Shaped Our Worldhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/arti...
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John Irving just became a Canadian citizen, one of my all time favourite authors and now Canadian!!!
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